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Flasks of
Cattleya aurantiaca 'Hopbrook' × self |
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| Number: |
TN6083 |
| Name: |
Cattleya aurantiaca 'Hopbrook' × self
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Plants proliferate if crowded, so are planted more sparsely than usual.
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| Type: |
self (What's that?) |
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Seed Donor: |
Lawrence Schweitzer
(Email: poptyrone2@gmail.com)
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Pod Parent Blooming Plant |
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Comments: Generally Cattleya aurantiaca is easy to grow, but many cultivars are useless because they're cleistogamous... meaning self-pollinating before the flowers open. You hardly get to see the flowers since they close up and mature into capsules. Well, this cultivar is special in that the flowers hold for many weeks (4-6) in good shape and the color can't be beat.
For additional origin/habitat information supplied courtesy of
Charles and Margaret Baker, see further below, near the bottom of this page.
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Temperatures we attempt to use in the lab & greenhouse:
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Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter: days average 80°F, nights 58°F; best fit is cool-intermediate 75-58°F
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Baker's Web OSC) |
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Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter: days average 83°F, nights 60°F; best fit is Intermediate 83-60°F
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About the name...
| Etymology of |
aurantiaca |
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From Latin "aurantiacus" dead gold, yellow-orange.
(Source:
Mayr & Schmucker 1998) |
| Etymology of |
Cattleya |
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Named in honor of William Cattley, English horticulturist in the 19th century.
(Source:
Pridgeon 1992) |
| Pronunciation of |
aurantiaca |
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aw-ran-tee-AH-ka
(Source:
Hawkes 1978) |
| Pronunciation of |
Cattleya |
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KAT-lee-ya
(Sources:
Pridgeon 1992, Hawkes 1978) |
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http://troymeyers.com/d?016083
| Flask Information |
| Availability: |
We have sold all of the flasks for this item. |
| You should: |
Consider getting individual plants or compots instead of a flask.
You can place a "Notify Flask Recipients" Request, and either we or a flask recipient may contact you when plants are available.
You may also place a "Notify Retries" Request, and if an identical pollination (the same parents) is done again, we'll let you know.
You may reserve a flask, but it's very unlikely you'll get one ...this could only happen if we found a flask that we didn't know we had. |
| Yield Estimate: |
460 plants (based on flask surveys done 10/11/2007 through 06/04/2009)
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| Plantlet Sizes: |
From many flasks 25 - 90 mm plants (based on flask surveys done 02/26/2008 through 09/08/2009)
From one most recently surveyed flask 25 - 65 mm (09/08/2009)
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The origin/habitat information below is supplied courtesy of Charles and Margaret Baker
The following information is based on the name of the plant provided by the donor, and assumes that the name is correct. If the plant has been misidentified, then the following information may not be correct.
This text is copyrighted by the Bakers and may not be reproduced without permission.
ORIGIN/HABITAT: Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, and Nicaragua.
In Nicaragua, plants grow on trees in dry hilly pastures and in roadside
forests. Near Matagalpa and Managua they have been found at 1950-3300 ft.
(600-1000 m). In Mexico, plants grow on trees on protected hillsides and
in stream-valleys at 1000-3600 ft. (300-1100 m) on Pacific-facing slopes.
The habitat extends from the State of Sinaloa southward to the border with
Guatemala. Plants are also reported on the Revillagigedo Islands, which
are located about 450 mi. (725 km) off the coast of the State of Colima.
More about this information and the Bakers...
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